Kuhn, Cliff and Marjorie L. McLellan, eds. Magazine of History, v.11, no.3 {Spring 1997}; special "oral history" theme issue of the magazine; published by the Organization of American Historians and directed at secondary and under graduate teachers.

Doing/Using Oral History In The Context Of A Family or Community History Project

Kyvig, David, and Myron A. Marty. Nearby History: Exploring the Past around You, 2nd ed. Nashville: AASLH, 2000. This publication is the first in a series of technical manuals published by AASLH detailing how to research specific aspects of local history, including schools, houses and homes, public places, places of worship, and businesses.

Metcalf, Fay D., and Matthew T. Downey. Using Local History in the Classroom. Nashville: AASLH, 1982.

Sturdevant, Katherine Scott. Bring Your Family History To Life through Social History. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 2000.

Local History Placed Within Broader Historical Context

American Social History Project. Who Built America?, Vols. 1 & 2. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989, 1992.

Bender, Thomas. Community and Social Change in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982.

Schatz, Ronald W. The Electrical Workers: A History of Labor at General Electric and Westinghouse, 1923-60. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1983.

Stein, Marc. City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves: Lesbian and Gay Philadelphia, 1945-1972. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Stolarik, M. Mark. Growing Up in the South Side: Three Generations of Slovaks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1880-1976. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1985.

Wolensky, Robert P., Kenneth C. Wolensky, and Nicole H. Wolensky. The Knox Mine Disaster, January 22, 1959: The Final Years of the Northern Anthracite Industry and the Effort to Rebuild a Regional Economy. Harrisburg: PHMC, 1999.

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